136.Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious_____without scientific basis.
A.process B.practice C.procedure D.program
[答案]A.process.
[注释]process(=connected series of actions,or series of operations)过程：By what process is cloth made form wool?(经过什么过程羊毛织成呢料？)practice(=the doing of something of,performance or repeated exercise,etc.)实习，练习；开业:She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在练习弹钢琴。)procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序：the usual procedure at a meeting(开会的通常程序)。Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)课程，计划，大纲：What is the program for tomorrow?(明天上什么课?)
137.I must go now._____,if you want that book I'll bring it next time.
A.Incidentally B.Accidentally
C.Occasionally D.Subsequently
[答案]A.Incidentally.
[注释]incidentally(=by the way)附带地，顺便：Fred said,incidentally,that he had no dinner.(顺便提一下，福来德那时说，他还没吃晚饭。)accidentally(=by chance)偶然地：I met with an old friend of mine accidentally last week.(上星期我偶然碰到一位老朋友。)occasionally(=from time to time,not regularly)不时地，偶尔：We get visitors here occasionally.(我们偶尔在此接游客。)subsequently(=afterwards,later)At first we thought we would go;but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我们想离开；但随后我们得知家里需要我们。)
138.A completely new situation is likely to_____when the school leaving age is raised to 16.
A.arouse B.rise C.arise D.abide
[答案]C.arise.
[注释]arise(=come into being,appear,happen)产生，发生：Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我们做这项工作时将会发生困难。)
arouse唤起，激起，唤醒；rise上升;abide(by)遵守。
本题译文：当中学毕业年龄上升到16岁时，很可能产生完全新的情况。
139.The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been_____as hepatitis(肝炎).
A.diagnosed B.determined C.deduced D.discovered
[答案]A.diagnosed.
[注释]diagnose...as把......诊断为......。
本题译文：玛丽的病现已诊断为肝炎。
140.These continual_____in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.
A.alterations B.vibrations C.waves D.fluctuations
[答案]D.fluctuations.[注释]fluctuations波动；waves波浪；alterations(部分)改变，变更；vibrations(物理学上)振动。
